How Dare You Sacrifice Yourself For Me.

Bob and John kick Kim out of Chris' hospital room as they try to keep him alive. Reid rushes in to help and Kim is left weeping with Luke. Henry and Barbara arrive. Luke tips Henry off that Katie isn't there. Once Chris has stabilized, the doctors tell him he's in very bad shape. Chris refuses the treatment that John suggests and won't be hooked up to a machine. He insists on being treated like just another patient and not being bumped ahead in line for a transplant.

Katie is in the cemetery talking to Brad's tombstone about how she's fallen in love with Chris. She needs to be strong enough to be with him but she doesn't think she can handle it. She begs Brad to help her be strong. Henry shows up and tells Bubbles that she's not a coward. He says that it takes lots of courage to remember and live with loss. His pep talk works and she asks him to drive her to the hospital.

In the hospital waiting room, Barbara sits with Kim. She tells her about being a newlywed and tries to think positively. Kim walks back into Chris' room and the doctors explain that he's refusing treatment. Katie and Henry arrive as Chris talks about how he doesn't want to be remembered struggling for his life. Kim tries to talk him around. "How dare you try to sacrifice yourself for me," Katie says. She tells him to listen to his doctors so they can have more time together. She accuses him of being a coward and tells him that no one who loves him wants to be spared this fight. Katie vows to sit at his bedside until he becomes healthy again and they can go dancing with Barb and Henry. He caves in and agrees to fight. Bob suddenly announces that a heart has become available in Bay City. Everyone is relieved.

At Al's, Ali is planning her wedding with Casey. She wants a cheap wedding in Vegas so they can avoid what happened last time. He doesn't want them to hide their relationship from anyone. She worries about the timing and wants something quiet and different. He'll go along with anything as longs as they get married. As they kiss, Luke wanders in and informs them about Chris. They're shocked.

In the hospital hall, Reid tells Luke that Chris' heart is ready. Luke thinks that's incredible. Bob asks Alison to scrub in to help with the surgery. Kim notices she's wearing Nancy's ring so she and Casey break the news of their engagement. Bob and Kim hug her. As they drift away, John walks by on the phone. His smile drops. He turns to the family and informs them that the heart has now been claimed for someone else. Chris says he'll go back on the list as planned. He requests to speak to Reid alone. The doctors spar and Reid tries to be encouraging. Chris asks him to take care of Katie.

Henry and Barbara are down the hall. She thinks he's the one who convinced Katie to come back. "You married a wonderful guy," he says.

Katie runs down the hall crying. Barbara follows her and tries to tell her Chris has a chance. "Who cares? Everyone has a chance," Katie says. Barbara meant that he has a chance because she loves him. She tells her about her struggle with cancer and encourages her to be relentless.

Katie goes down to Chris' room. Reid watches them through the window and then looks around the waiting room at all the other couples who would be affected by Chris' death. He heads out the door. Luke follows him. Reid tells him that he is going to Bay City to get the heart and bring it back. Luke tells him that he can't do this but Reid refuses to back down. Luke thinks he's doing this because he cares about Chris but Reid tells him that he's earned the right to throw his weight around. "I love you," he tells Luke, kissing him.

In Chris' room, John informs the family that Chris' heart is too damaged for the treatment he was planning. The only chance Chris has is to get a new heart fast.

Luke finds Ali and Casey and tells them that Reid has gone after the heart. From the way he talks about Reid, they can see how much he's fallen for him.

Reid is driving along, yelling at the doctor in Bay City, when his car stalls on the train tracks. He tries to get the car going but it won't move. As the train comes at him, he struggles with his seat belt but it's too late.

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USER COMMENTS

Posted by Grannyhope at
Friday, September 03 2010 07:36 PM

Hmmm, Helen Wagner's death - a beautiful actress and original cast member dies and her tribute is rushed for an unnecessary stupid storyline. Why contaminate what could and should have been a fitting tribute to the death of a wonderful actress and a wonderful long running soap.

Posted by Grannyhope at
Friday, September 03 2010 07:39 PM

Oh yeah- Katie, once again- this isn't about you. Put on your big girl panties and just be there without all the poor me drama.

Posted by Botrums at
Friday, September 03 2010 10:16 PM

To hbhottie you are stupid and I do not like you and neither would Reid or Luke!!!! Their relationship was a beautiful thing and I think you are a hater of gay men! And you are sick to want a person to get hit by a train let alone 2 people. There was no need to kill Reid that part of the show was crap!!!!!!!

Posted by Sour Caroline at
Friday, September 03 2010 11:17 PM

HbHottie and Sweet Caoline,

I totally understand why you girls are so bitter about Reid and Luke - you're frustrated because they never consummated their great love by having sex, right? I know how much you girls wanted a hot, steamy love scene between those two fine men.

Posted by sweetcaoline at
Saturday, September 04 2010 05:22 AM

Sour Caroline: YOU ARE TOTALLY WRONG!!!!

Posted by Barb G at
Saturday, September 04 2010 10:20 AM

Sour Caroline: That was a great comment...loved it!!! Thank you...and I'm sure Reid and Luke would thank you also.

I know I'll take heat for this one, but, what the heck...the show's over for all intent and purposes, so here goes...

hbhottie and sweetcaoline: May a house fall on you both and may Reid and Luke remove the ruby slippers from your shriveled up feet...since you both seem to be living in the land of Oz.

Sweetcaoline: It will be a pleasure to no longer see her homophobic comments on this site!!! And it's not a matter of me getting all defensive, as you once put it, because someone disagrees with me. It's about having compassion and loving all human beings no matter what their color, race, religious beliefs or sexual orientation might be. It's known as having a heart and being tolerant of others...even those you may not approve of.

Hate is such an ugly, ugly word and should never be used in reference to another human being! That is one of the most hurtful words a person can use against another person.

God loves all of His children equally and will welcome those who serve Him and do His work on earth in Heaven with open arms.

I will not argue with you, as it is useless, so feel free to say what you will. I will not acknowledge any of your comments with a response. So you will have the last word...just the way you seem to always like it.

Peace and God's love to all...

Posted by Earthmom at
Saturday, September 04 2010 10:49 AM

Sour Caroline....thanks for the chuckle....tee heee heee!

Barb G...thanks for your humanity.

Posted by Macy at
Saturday, September 04 2010 10:53 AM

I JUST READ HOW THE SHOW IS GOING TO END. EEVERYONE GETS A HAPPY ENDING EXCEPT LUKE. HE DESERVES IT JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE. KATIE HAD THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. WHY IS SHE ENTITLED TO ANOTHER ONE. LUKE DESERVES TO HAVE THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. I READ THAT THE WRITERS WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS IF THE SHOW HAD NOT BEEN CANCELLED. WHAT A COPOUT! NO ONE HAD TO DIE. THEY COULD HAVE FOUND CHRIS A HEART WITHOUT KILLING ANYONE. THEY WILL NEVER CONVINCE THE FANS THAT THIS WAS JUSTIFIED! CHRIS'S LIFE IS NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN REIDS'. I AM NOT GOING TO EVEN CRY NEXT WEEK. MY SISTER SAID THE SAME THING. HOW CAN YOU CRY OVER BAD WRITING! I WAS WATCHING ALL OF MY TAPES OR REID AND LUKE LAST NIGHT. I WAS SAD NOR WILL I EVER BE. IN MY HEART, THEY DID HAVE THEIR HAPPY ENDING. WHO CARES WHAT THOSE DUMB WRITERS THINK.

Posted by mamapic at
Saturday, September 04 2010 11:12 AM

REID WAS MY FAVORITE HE BROUGHT NEW LIFE TO THIS TIRED OLD SHOW. NOW MORE THAN EVER I'M GLAD IT'S ALMOST OVER. IF I DIDN'T HAVE SO MUCH TIME INTO IT I WOULDN'T WATCH IT AGAIN. IF LUKE ENDS UP WITH NOAH THE SELFISH CRY BABY, I'LL REALLY BE SICK. AS FOR KATIE, WHAT A WASTE OF TIME SHE IS. THEY COULD HAVE KILLED OFF HER AND JANET, THE 2 BIGGEST WASTES OF TIME.

Posted by hotmama 4rm south at
Saturday, September 04 2010 12:49 PM

what the flagnog!!! katie and chris are so freakint annoying they are so selfish!!! chris gets on my ever lasting nerves with his im not sick self, obviously you are idiot thats why your lieing in a hospital bed !! AND WTF!!! REID TELLS LUKE HE LOVES HIM WHICH WE ALL KNOW HE NEVER WOULD HAVE DID IF WAS HIS OLD SLEF AND THEN HE GETS RUN OVER BY A TRAIN!!! THE PEOPLE WHO RIGHT THIS ARE JUST CRUEL AND DOWN RIGHT WRONG!!!